Why is the question mark not reversed in Hebrew?

Question

Hey guys! I was looking into the Hebrew language, and discovered that even though Hebrew is written right-to-left, it uses the (?) mark to denote a question rather than the (؟) question mark used in other right-to-left languages. I’ve studied other right-to-left languages and they all use the (؟) symbol. Why does Hebrew use the other one? It looks sort of odd to me since it doesn’t “face” the sentence. Thanks!

Answer 1

Hebrew uses international symbols the same way they are used internationally. Therefore question marks as well as numbers, are not reversed but rather used the same way they are used in English and in other languages. Even though Hebrew is written from right to left, numbers, which are international, are written in Hebrew from left to right. Question marks follow the same rule ,meaning, they are written in Hebrew the international way.